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1972 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Eastern Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L42 MANAGER(S) New York AL NYA 95 67 .586 ---- 3 7 8 45-36 50-31 29-24 23-19 Chris Kohlwes Boston BOA 79 83 .488 16.0 7 15 11 36-45 43-38 28-28 21-21 Mike Tomeo Baltimore BAA 78 84 .481 17.0 12 11 10 39-42 39-42 28-28 24-18 Mike Skiffington, Mike Rescigno Detroit DEA 71 91 .438 24.0 14 16 9 40-41 31-50 29-34 18-24 Allen Nelson, Dennis Van Langen Milwaukee MLA 64 98 .395 31.0 17 13 7 33-48 31-50 28-35 18-24 Frank Pennylegion Western Division Team W L % GB OFF PIT DEF HOME ROAD 1-RUN L42 MANAGER(S) Kansas City KCA 100 62 .617 ---- 2 3 1 46-35 54-27 32-25 25-17 Mike Rodriguez Oakland OAA 89 73 .549 11.0 11 1 2 40-41 49-32 31-29 22-20 Drew Kennedy Chicago AL CHA 85 77 .525 15.0 15 4 6 38-43 47-34 37-34 23-19 Ben Lea Minnesota MNA 75 87 .463 25.0 16 10 14 36-45 39-42 28-35 19-23 Rick Ramacier Texas TEA 74 88 .457 26.0 18 8 3 43-38 31-50 33-31 17-25 Larry Cupp OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 20 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense. HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L42 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 42 games of the season. Postseason World Series (4-1):   New York Yankees over San Francisco Giants AL Championship Series (3-2):   New York Yankees over Kansas City Royals

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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 KCA  4.92   797  5550  1496  246  31  128  633   771  .270  .346  .394  149   46   33   38  107   38  131
 NYA  4.81   779  5641  1522  269  24  118  573   715  .270  .339  .389  100   40   28   36   83   32  116
 BOA  4.19   679  5502  1331  268  25  132  561   926  .242  .317  .372   52    7   27   59   98   36  129
 OAA  3.88   628  5476  1328  201  26  135  491   925  .243  .312  .363   45    8   40   77  102   28  127
 BAA  3.85   623  5575  1412  248  36  131  400  1035  .253  .307  .381   67   22   16   44   66   30  116
 DEA  3.75   607  5509  1300  216  32  118  476   840  .236  .300  .351   35   25   11   44   65   37  117
 CHA  3.72   603  5435  1305  239  34  155  468   936  .240  .302  .382   73   62   28   22   52   28  119
 MNA  3.46   561  5477  1363  197  39   89  442   949  .249  .306  .348   78   29   16   16  104   24  146
 MLA  3.41   553  5583  1340  212  30   92  498   902  .240  .305  .338   71   27   23   42   58   43  147
 TEA  3.34   541  5533  1350  191  17   74  364   836  .244  .293  .325   86   36   13   30  127   30   98
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  3.93  6371 55281 13747 2287 294 1172 4906  8835  .249  .313  .364  756  302  235  408  862  326 1246

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 OAA  3.33   540  3.05  1464  1254  124   414   928  25  19  42  .262  782  572  .731
 KCA  3.57   579  3.15  1472  1307  114   409   865  15  11  64  .237  799  608  .761
 CHA  3.67   594  3.25  1464  1333   91   516   855  47  10  31  .304  855  607  .710
 NYA  3.90   632  3.49  1466  1434  106   446   666  13   8  46  .297  822  583  .709
 TEA  4.01   649  3.54  1471  1314  122   605  1033  18   9  34  .303  785  572  .729
 MNA  4.01   650  3.50  1451  1372  138   462   721  26  12  39  .292  797  545  .684
 BAA  4.08   661  3.67  1457  1387  124   459   826  53  14  22  .236  799  562  .703
 MLA  4.18   677  3.56  1480  1338  128   486   892  34  10  27  .320  882  626  .710
 BOA  4.27   692  3.69  1470  1500  106   539   975  17  10  41  .398  861  603  .700
 DEA  4.30   697  3.79  1470  1508  119   570  1074  19   8  32  .307  831  586  .705
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  3.93  6371  3.47 14669 13747 1172  4906  8835 267 111 378       8213 5864  .714

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting Bobby Murcer  (525) Dick Allen  (489) John Mayberry  (457) Roy White  (411) Reggie Jackson  (391) Reggie Smith  (391) Carlton Fisk  (373) Amos Otis  (366) Joe Rudi  (363) Bob Oliver  (357) Larry Bowa  (356) Bob Watson  (354) Carlos May  (351) Mike Epstein  (350) Carl Yastrzemski  (345) Cesar Cedeno  (336) Graig Nettles  (332) Bobby Darwin  (332) George Scott  (329) Horace Clarke  (325)

Cy Young Award Voting Doyle Alexander  (308) Wilbur Wood  (300) Catfish Hunter  (291) Paul Splittorff  (251) Dick Drago  (225) Nolan Ryan  (221) Sparky Lyle  (215) Rick Wise  (210) Mike Cuellar  (206) Ken Holtzman  (200) Bill Stoneman  (197) Steve Kline  (194) Pat Dobson  (182) Rollie Fingers  (178) Joe Coleman  (170) Steve Carlton  (169) John Curtis  (145) Jim Palmer  (141) Andy Messersmith  (139) Luis Tiant  (137)

All Stars

Doyle Alexander Dick Allen Dusty Baker Larry Bowa Tom Bradley Steve Braun Horace Clarke Pat Dobson Dick Drago Rollie Fingers

Carlton Fisk Bill Freehan Bobby Grich Ken Henderson Reggie Jackson Don Kessinger Mickey Lolich John Mayberry Andy Messersmith

Don Money Thurman Munson Bobby Murcer Graig Nettles Nolan Ryan Bob Watson Roy White Rick Wise Carl Yastrzemski

Gold Gloves

P: Steve Carlton C: Carlton Fisk 1B: George Scott 2B: Cookie Rojas 3B: Brooks Robinson SS: Larry Bowa OF: Bobby Murcer OF: Cesar Cedeno OF: Amos Otis

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average Ted Simmons .337 John Mayberry .334 Billy Williams .333 Dave Rader .329 Chris Chambliss .328 Lou Piniella .327 Roy White .322 Ralph Garr .322 Richie Hebner .319 Dusty Baker .317 Dick Allen .313 Al Oliver .313	On Base Percentage Roy White .447 John Mayberry .437 Darrell Evans .423 Joe Morgan .421 Richie Scheinblum .416 Dick Allen .406 Mike Epstein .399 Jim Wynn .395 Reggie Jackson .391 Carlos May .390 Richie Hebner .390 Billy Williams .389	Slugging Percentage Billy Williams .603 Dick Allen .594 John Mayberry .564 Jim Wynn .554 Willie Stargell .553 Bobby Murcer .539 Richie Hebner .537 Mike Epstein .509 Ted Simmons .505 Carlton Fisk .500 Lou Piniella .499 Ron Santo .493	On Base + Slugging John Mayberry 1.001 Dick Allen 1.000 Billy Williams 0.993 Jim Wynn 0.948 Willie Stargell 0.935 Richie Hebner 0.928 Mike Epstein 0.907 Roy White 0.897 Bobby Murcer 0.889 Ron Santo 0.882 Ted Simmons 0.875 Reggie Jackson 0.865
At Bats Lou Brock 705 Willie Davis 681 Joe Rudi 677 Ted Simmons 677 Pete Rose 666 Bobby Murcer 659 Tito Fuentes 653 Larry Bowa 649 Bob Oliver 645 Aurelio Rodriguez 643 Chris Speier 643 Billy Williams 643	Runs Scored Bobby Murcer 131 Jim Wynn 131 Roy White 123 Chris Speier 121 Pete Rose 118 Joe Morgan 114 Billy Williams 114 Bobby Bonds 103 Lou Brock 102 Willie Stargell 100 Johnny Bench 99 Dick Allen 98	Hits Ted Simmons 228 Billy Williams 214 Ralph Garr 201 Pete Rose 201 Willie Davis 199 Al Oliver 198 Lou Brock 195 Lou Piniella 195 Bobby Murcer 187 Tito Fuentes 186 Roy White 185 Dick Allen 183	Total Bases Billy Williams 388 Bobby Murcer 355 Dick Allen 347 Ted Simmons 342 Jim Wynn 340 Willie Davis 308 Willie Stargell 308 John Mayberry 304 Lou Piniella 298 Bobby Bonds 290 Lee May 287 Bob Oliver 282
Doubles Tito Fuentes 47 Freddie Patek 45 Lou Piniella 44 Ted Simmons 43 Pete Rose 40 Billy Williams 40 Roy White 38 Cookie Rojas 36 Bobby Tolan 35 Tony Perez 34	Triples Larry Bowa 15 Lou Brock 12 Joe Rudi 10 Carlton Fisk 9 Tommy McCraw 9	Home Runs Billy Williams 42 Bobby Murcer 41 Jim Wynn 40 Dick Allen 39 Nate Colbert 39 Hank Aaron 38 Johnny Bench 35 Lee May 35 Bobby Bonds 34 Willie Stargell 34 John Mayberry 31 Harmon Killebrew 29	RBI Bobby Murcer 153 John Mayberry 143 Billy Williams 135 Jim Wynn 121 Lee May 119 Willie Stargell 117 Lou Piniella 115 Bobby Bonds 110 Johnny Bench 105 Ted Simmons 105 Nate Colbert 103 Dick Allen 101
Walks Roy White 126 Joe Morgan 125 Darrell Evans 109 Hank Aaron 101 Jim Wynn 101 John Mayberry 99 Dick Allen 91 Mike Epstein 91 Harmon Killebrew 91 Johnny Bench 89 Reggie Jackson 87 Chris Speier 86	Batters Strikeouts Bobby Darwin 176 Dick Allen 158 Dave Kingman 152 Lee May 149 Bobby Bonds 145 Bob Oliver 143 Nate Colbert 142 Earl Williams 139 Willie Stargell 137 Bob Bailey 136 Jim Wynn 132	Stolen Bases Larry Bowa 63 Dave Nelson 62 Lou Brock 48 Amos Otis 47 Bobby Tolan 36 Bert Campaneris 34 Cesar Cedeno 32 Bobby Bonds 31 Pat Kelly 31 Joe Morgan 31 Roy White 31	Caught Stealing Dave Nelson 17 Lou Brock 15 Larry Bowa 14 Ken Henderson 14 Dave May 13 Jose Cardenal 12 Amos Otis 12 Bobby Murcer 10 Roy White 10 Dick Allen 9 Joe Morgan 9
Hit by Pitch Ron Hunt 24 Reggie Jackson 16 Carlos May 15 Bob Watson 14 Bobby Tolan 13 Horace Clarke 12 Sal Bando 11 Mike Epstein 11 Ellie Rodriguez 11 Cesar Tovar 11	GIDP Joe Torre 28 Ted Simmons 25 Cookie Rojas 24 Bob Oliver 23 Johnny Briggs 22 Jose Cardenal 22 Willie Davis 22 Earl Williams 22 Jim Northrup 21 Rick Auerbach 20 Bobby Bonds 20	Errors Aurelio Rodriguez 79 Bill Russell 36 Derrel Thomas 34 Danny Thompson 34 Joe Torre 33 Tim Foli 30 Tito Fuentes 28 Don Kessinger 28 Dave Roberts 28 Rick Auerbach 27 Dick Allen 25	Earned Run Average Bob Gibson 2.01 Don Sutton 2.30 Phil Niekro 2.42 Gaylord Perry 2.51 Don Wilson 2.52 Dock Ellis 2.56 Gary Nolan 2.64 Wilbur Wood 2.70 Jack Billingham 2.70 Steve Kline 2.75 Tom Seaver 2.78 Pat Dobson 2.84
Wins Wilbur Wood 25 Bob Gibson 24 Phil Niekro 24 Paul Splittorff 24 Catfish Hunter 23 Don Sutton 23 Steve Blass 22 Dick Drago 22 Claude Osteen 22 Rick Wise 22	Losses Steve Carlton 21 Stan Bahnsen 20 Bert Blyleven 20 Mike Torrez 20 Ernie McAnally 19 Dave McNally 19 Fergie Jenkins 18 Jim Palmer 18 Dick Woodson 18	Winning Percentage Steve Blass .815 Tom Seaver .808 Don Wilson .800 Steve Stone .778 Jim Barr .733 Bob Gibson .727 Paul Splittorff .727 Bob Moose .720 Claude Osteen .710 Don Sutton .697 John Curtis .696 Steve Kline .690	Games Pitched Dave Laroche 83 Tug McGraw 80 George Culver 78 Doyle Alexander 76 Frank Linzy 74 Rick Reuschel 73 Ray Corbin 71 Mike Marshall 69 Rollie Fingers 67 Al Fitzmorris 67 Sparky Lyle 67 Jerry Bell 65
Games Started Wilbur Wood 44 Stan Bahnsen 42 Catfish Hunter 42 Mel Stottlemyre 42 Bert Blyleven 41 Steve Carlton 41 Ken Holtzman 41 Fergie Jenkins 41 Phil Niekro 41 Fritz Peterson 41 Don Sutton 41 Rick Wise 41	Complete Games Wilbur Wood 26 Gaylord Perry 23 Steve Carlton 21 Pat Dobson 17 Jim Palmer 16 Phil Niekro 15 Catfish Hunter 14 Claude Osteen 14 Don Sutton 14 Fergie Jenkins 13	Games Finished Doyle Alexander 69 Tug McGraw 61 Mike Marshall 60 Sparky Lyle 59 Rollie Fingers 54 Dave Laroche 50 Cecil Upshaw 46 Dave Giusti 42 Frank Linzy 40 Rick Reuschel 40 Wayne Granger 37 Pedro Borbon 35	Saves Doyle Alexander 54 Sparky Lyle 34 Dave Giusti 33 Tug McGraw 33 Mike Marshall 29 Rollie Fingers 28 Cecil Upshaw 28 Jim Brewer 18 Clay Carroll 16 Paul Lindblad 16 Steve Barber 15
Shutouts Bob Gibson 9 Don Sutton 6 Steve Blass 5 Mike Cuellar 5 Mickey Lolich 5 Pat Dobson 4 Phil Niekro 4 Tom Seaver 4	Innings Pitched Wilbur Wood 363.7 Steve Carlton 339.7 Catfish Hunter 322.7 Phil Niekro 319.3 Bob Gibson 317.7 Fergie Jenkins 315.7 Gaylord Perry 315.0 Pat Dobson 313.7 Jim Palmer 313.7 Don Sutton 313.0 Rick Wise 304.3	Hits Allowed Mel Stottlemyre 312 Dave McNally 304 Fritz Peterson 303 Phil Niekro 296 Wilbur Wood 294 Steve Carlton 292 Fergie Jenkins 290 Jim Palmer 286 Rick Wise 277 Clyde Wright 276 Bert Blyleven 271 Reggie Cleveland 269	Home Runs Allowed Fergie Jenkins 39 Catfish Hunter 35 Bert Blyleven 34 Ken Holtzman 30 Nolan Ryan 30 Dick Woodson 30 Dave McNally 28 Reggie Cleveland 27 Dick Drago 26 Jim Palmer 26 Wilbur Wood 26
Walks Allowed Nolan Ryan 176 Dick Woodson 126 Joe Coleman 119 Mike Torrez 116 Rich Hand 111 Mike Cuellar 110 Clay Kirby 106 Jerry Reuss 102 Ernie McAnally 101 Bill Stoneman 100 Mike Kekich 98 Clyde Wright 98	Pitchers Strikeouts Steve Carlton 306 Nolan Ryan 284 Tom Seaver 275 Gaylord Perry 253 Don Sutton 251 Bob Gibson 229 Joe Coleman 224 Bert Blyleven 222 Mickey Lolich 214 Jerry Reuss 208 Balor Moore 200 Phil Niekro 200

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